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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is not in AAP and I have definitely heard her friends tell her that they go to a school "for smart kids." They aren't really saying it in an obnoxious way--more matter of fact. I don't think it matters if you tell your kids not to talk about it because they will... and they will repeat whatever you told them. [/quote]

Exactly.  Last year, my DC came home in tears because all the kids at the lunch table had been asking who was "in" and who was "out".  DC didn't even know what AAP was as we honestly didn't see how talking about it could be in any way healthy or productive.  After I explained what it was, DC was super upset that more than half the class had gotten in, but not DC.  Thanks, parents, for sharing that with your kids.  Do you not know this is how the ridiculous hierarchy that is AAP gets started?[/quote]

My child got in and doesn't know yet.  I am so sorry this happened.  I don't want talk about "in" or "Out" or a perception of smarter or not.  :([/quote]

Parent of older AAP kids here. I'm also very sorry this happened. If I have one piece of advice for parents on this thread, it's to not draw any conclusions about the children based on whether they they got in or not. Kids develop at different rates, and being precocious is not necessarily a sign of long term intellectual superiority. In fact, there are a lot of studies that show a pattern of reversion to the mean in IQ over time (which given the strict definition of IQ, basically means that some of the faster kids slow down and the slower ones speed up).
I've run a number of extracurricular activities and also volunteered in the classroom over the years and time after time, I've run into kids who weren't in AAP but were outstanding performers, as well as the reverse. We will be in high school shortly and I expect honors and AP to be the great equalizers.[/quote]

+1000
You are so very right.  I have high schoolers and this has played out time and time again.  AAP really isn't indicative of any long-term advantages and high school truly is the great equalizer.  So wise not to draw conclusions about kids so early on.[/quote]

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